Are you suffering? Do you overthink and get stuck in your head? Is a chronic condition keeping you from feeling healthy? Do you wrestle with negative beliefs, feelings of disconnection, and loneliness? Is stress or trauma preventing you from experiencing calm and rest?

Yoga therapy is a transformative practice that draws on the wisdom of the body as the vehicle for changing our experiences, healing our conditions, and alleviating our suffering. Come and try out practical, personalized, purposeful, and effective tools for improving your health with HYC's team of certified IAYT yoga therapists:

• Dr. Monya Cohen, C-IAYT, Psy.D.

• Lisa Danahy, C-IAYT

• Charlene Muhammad, C-IAYT, CNS

• Carrie Vieira, C-IAYT

This workshop will include an overview of Yoga Therapy, group exercises and discussion, and a "sampler" of different methods and approaches with our C-IAYT yoga therapists, including:

• Working with body awareness

• Using the breath to manage the nervous system

• Understanding brain functions and their application to emotional stress and trauma response

• Exploring our relationship with thoughts, feelings, and problem solving

• Cultivating a greater sense of connection and JOY!

Experiencing anxiety, insomnia, or depression may be the effects of trauma. This book, among other things, explains that the body’s instinct is the healer that helps us move beyond trauma. Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal. People are often traumatized by seemingly ordinary experiences. This book provides a guide to the subtle, yet powerful impulses that govern human responses to overwhelming life events. It also includes a series of exercises that help readers focus on bodily sensations. The premise is that through heightened awareness of these sensations, trauma can be healed.

All are welcome to join us in reading this book and discussing on October 10, 2023. To sign up, contact me and I will provide the information for how to join our discussion group.

In the meantime, check out the book and get started reading!

Questioning the past can leave us feeling regretful, ashamed, or sad. When we worry about the future, uncertainty can put us on edge and make us feel overwhelmed. When we are present, we feel calmer, more connected, and are more likely to be responsive versus reactive. Yoga therapy is a transformative practice for today's hectic world. Yoga therapy helps us connect with and draw from the wisdom of our bodies, so we can keep one foot in the present, while learning from the past and planning for the future.

Healing begins from the inside out. Through focus on the breath, you are encouraged to feel your way through familiar poses, guided to a place where body sensations connect to the mind, a quiet place where insight is translated into action. Join me for a group yoga therapy practice focusing on using the body and the breath to manage your mood.

Where: Happy Yogi Cooperative, 2200 Baltimore Road, Rockville, MD 20851

When: Mondays: 9/11/2023 - 10/9/2023 (No class 9/25) 4pm - 5:30pm

Each week's session will build on the previous experiences, and will include:

• exploring the intersection of yoga and psychology, including interoceptive awareness, the brain and the nervous system;

• Learn how changing the way you breathe and think, can change the way you feel

• breathwork, gentle movements, meditation and journaling; and

• group discussion, for those who are comfortable sharing.

More Details:

This class is offered in-person only (no online component).

Cost: $99 for 4 weeks, or $30 to drop in/try the first class

30% Happy Yogi Collective Member Discount

Dr. Monya Cohen is a certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT) and licensed psychologist (Psy.D.) with a specialty in empowering adolescents and adults who experience symptoms of depression, anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD and complex trauma. Dr. Monya believes that a regular yoga practice builds emotional and physical balance, and the resilience to bounce back from life’s challenges.

Please note: Proof of vaccination/boosters is required. Please email a picture of your vaccination record to Maureen@thehappyyogi.com upon completion of registration.